Grass

Grass

Transparent	Yes
Luminant	No
Blast resistance	0
Tool
Renewable	Grass, Fern and Large Fern: Yes Tall Grass: No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	Yes (60)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

This article is about the non-solid plant. For the solid block, see Grass Block. For the plant block that generates in oceans, see Seagrass.

See also: Shrub

Grass is a non-solid plant block that has wheat seeds as a drop. Its color is biome-dependent, and matches the color of grass blocks.

Tall grass is a two-block high variety of grass.

Ferns are variants of grass found only in certain biomes and have the same characteristics as grass.

Large ferns are a two-block high variety of ferns.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Grass

Grass generates on grass blocks in most biomes with a grassy soil, like plains or forests. Tall grass generates in plains and savannas.

Ferns

Ferns occur naturally only in jungle, taiga, snowy taiga and giant tree taiga biomes. Large ferns generate in the same biomes, excluding jungles. Large ferns can be found in some taiga and snowy taiga village houses.

Post-generation

Bone meal

Bone meal can be used on a grass block to grow grass, ferns‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} and occasionally flowers on it and in its vicinity. It can also be used on grass or a fern to create a tall grass or large fern, respectively.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

When broken normally, all variants drop 0 or 1 wheat seeds. They can be obtained as an item using shears.

The double tall grass and large ferns drop two of the respective single blocks when broken using shears. By planting a single fern, growing it with bone meal and then using shears on the resulting tall fern, a single fern will yield two ferns.

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/grass	Grass	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	1 (100%)
blocks/tall_grass	Tall Grass	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	2 (100%)
blocks/fern	Fern	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	1 (100%)
blocks/large_fern	Large Fern	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	2 (100%)
blocks/potted_fern	Potted Fern	1 (100%) 1 (100%)	1 (100%) 1 (100%)

From chest loot

Grass can be found in 45.9% of savanna village house chests in stacks of 1.

Tall grass can be found in 45.9% of savanna village house chests in stacks of 1.

Ferns can be found in 18.6% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 20.3% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1.

Large ferns can be found in 18.6% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 20.3% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1.

From trading

Wandering traders can sell ferns for one emerald.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Wandering traders can sell large ferns for one emerald.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Usage

Info

Double tall plants have a disproportionately large hitbox compared to other plants, which is a feature intentionally programmed into the game. The only exception to this rule is tall seagrass.

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/grass	Grass	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	1 (100%)
blocks/tall_grass	Tall Grass	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	2 (100%)
blocks/fern	Fern	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	1 (100%)
blocks/large_fern	Large Fern	Nothing (87.5%) or 1 (12.5%)	2 (100%)

Flower pots

Ferns can be placed in flower pots.

Composting

Placing grass into a composter has a 30% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Placing tall grass into a composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

Placing a fern into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1.

List of colors

Java Edition

These values are generated by the biome dyeing algorithm. See Biome colors for more information.

Biome	Category	Rainfall	Grass Color	Temperature Affects	Render
					Grass	Tall Grass	Fern	Large Fern	Potted Fern
Badlands	Mesa	No	#90814d	No
Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#90814d	No
Beach	Beach	Rain	#91bd59
Birch Forest	Forest	Rain	#88bb67
Birch Forest Hills	Forest	Rain	#88bb67
Cold Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Dark Forest	Forest	Rain	#507a32
Dark Forest Hills	Forest	Rain	#507a32
Deep Cold Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Deep Frozen Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Deep Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Deep Warm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Desert	Desert	No	#bfb755
Desert Hills	Desert	No	#bfb755
Desert Lakes	Desert	No	#bfb755
End Barrens	The End	No	#8eb971
End Highlands	The End	No	#8eb971
End Midlands	The End	No	#8eb971
Eroded Badlands	Mesa	No	#90814d	No
Flower Forest	Forest	Rain	#79c05a
Forest	Forest	Rain	#79c05a
Frozen Ocean	Ocean	Snow	#80b497
Frozen River	River	Snow	#80b497
Giant Spruce Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#86b783
Giant Spruce Taiga Hills	Taiga	Rain	#86b783
Giant Tree Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#86b87f
Giant Tree Taiga Hills	Taiga	Rain	#86b87f
Gravelly Mountains	Extreme Hills	Rain	#8ab689
Gravelly Mountains+	Extreme Hills	Rain	#8ab689
Ice Spikes	Icy	Snow	#80b497
Jungle	Jungle	Rain	#59c93c
Jungle Edge	Jungle	Rain	#64c73f
Jungle Hills	Jungle	Rain	#59c93c
Lukewarm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Modified Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#90814d	No
Modified Jungle	Jungle	Rain	#59c93c
Modified Jungle Edge	Jungle	Rain	#64c73f
Modified Wooded Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#90814d	No
Mountain Edge	Extreme Hills	Rain	#8ab689
Mountains	Extreme Hills	Rain	#8ab689
Mushroom Fields	Mushroom	Rain	#55c93f
Mushroom Field Shore	Mushroom	Rain	#55c93f
Nether	Nether	No	#bfb755
Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Plains	Plains	Rain	#91bd59
River	River	Rain	#8eb971
Savanna	Savanna	No	#bfb755
Savanna Plateau	Savanna	No	#bfb755
Shattered Savanna	Savanna	No	#bfb755
Shattered Savanna Plateau	Savanna	No	#bfb755
Small End Islands	The End	No	#8eb971
Snowy Beach	Beach	Snow	#83b593
Snowy Mountains	Icy	Snow	#80b497
Snowy Taiga	Taiga	Snow	#80b497
Snowy Taiga Hills	Taiga	Snow	#80b497
Snowy Taiga Mountains	Taiga	Snow	#80b497
Snowy Tundra	Icy	Snow	#80b497
Stone Shore	None	Rain	#8ab689
Sunflower Plains	Plains	Rain	#91bd59
Swamp	Swamp	Rain	#6A7039	If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C.	/	/	/	/	/
Swamp Hills	Swamp	Rain	#6A7039	If temperature below -0.1, used #4C763C.	/	/	/	/	/
Taiga	Taiga	Rain	#86b783
Taiga Hills	Taiga	Rain	#86b783
Taiga Mountains	Taiga	Rain	#86b783
Tall Birch Forest	Forest	Rain	#88bb67
Tall Birch Hills	Forest	Rain	#88bb67
The End	The End	No	#8eb971
The Void	None	No	#8eb971
Warm Ocean	Ocean	Rain	#8eb971
Wooded Badlands Plateau	Mesa	No	#90814d	No
Wooded Hills	Forest	Rain	#79c05a
Wooded Mountains	Extreme Hills	Rain	#8ab689

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Breaking the block	dig.grass	?	0.8
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	?	?
?	Mining the block	hit.grass	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	?	?
?	Walking on the block	step.grass	?	?
?	Placing the block	use.grass	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Grass	grass	block.minecraft.grass
Fern	fern	block.minecraft.fern
Tall Grass	tall_grass	block.minecraft.tall_grass
Large Fern	large_fern	block.minecraft.large_fern

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Grass and fern	tallgrass	31	?
Tall grass and large fern	double_plant	175	?

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, grass uses the following data values:

grass

	DV	Description
	0	Grass named "Fern"
	1	Tall Grass
	2	Fern
	3	Fern with NBT variant "snow"

double plant

	DV	Description
	0	Sunflower
	1	Lilac
	2	Double Tallgrass
	3	Large Fern
	4	Rose Bush
	5	Peony
	8	Top Half of any Large Plant; low three bits 0x7 are derived from the block below.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Tall grass and large fern

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
half	lower	lower upper	The half of the plant contained in this block.

Bedrock Edition:
Grass and fern

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
tall_grass_type	default	default tall fern snow	The variant of this block, snow is snowlogged grass. (default looks the same as tall)

Tall grass and large fern

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
double_flower_type	sunflower	fern grass paeonia rose sunflower syringa	The flower type.
upper_block_bit	false	false true	If the upper half of the plant contained in this block.

History

Java Edition Beta
1.6		Test Build 3			All one-block variants of grass have now been implemented. Seeds could be produced by tilling grass blocks prior to this update.
1.6.6					Bone meal can now be used to instantly grow tall grass on grass blocks.
1.8		Pre-release			Grass and ferns can now be harvested with shears. Previously, tall grass could not be acquired as an item without the use of external tools. Tall grass in the inventory would appear as its grayscale texture, and would appear as the 'shrub' variety or the dead bush when placed.
					Swamp biomes have now been redesigned and rain forest biomes have now been removed entirely, so triangular ferns no longer generate.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Ferns are now available in the creative inventory.
1.1		11w49a			Grass can now be eaten by sheep.
1.2.1		12w03a			Ferns now generate in jungle biomes.
		12w05a			Placing a block while selecting grass now overwrite the grass, similar to snow. Previously, grass had to be broken to place blocks in that space.
1.4.2		?			The sound for grass blocks when walking on it has now been changed. How this affects tall grass is unknown.
1.5		13w02a			Grass with values over 2 now cause a game crash when rendered.
		13w10a			Tall grass with a damage value of 3 or higher is still called 'grass', and still has green biome coloring, but is now shaped like a shrub or dead bush, as opposed to looking exactly like grass as previously.
1.7.2		13w36a			Added double tall grass and large ferns.
					Ferns now spawn in taiga and cold taiga biomes.
1.8.1		pre1			Added facing state to minecraft:double_plant, though without visible effect.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the tallgrass and double_plant IDs have now been split up into their own IDs.
					"Double Tallgrass" has now been renamed to "Tall Grass", and it has a new ID: tall_grass.
					Prior to The Flattening, these block's numeral IDs were 31 (one-block variants) and 175 (two-block variants).
1.14		18w43a			The textures of grass, ferns, tall grass, large ferns have now been changed.
		18w50a			The texture of grass has now been changed.
		19w03a			Placing grass into the new composter now has a 10% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
					Placing tall grass into the composter now has a 20% chance of increasing the compost level by 1.
					Placing a fern into the composter now has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
		19w05a			Grass now has a 30% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
					Tall grass now has a 50% chance of increasing the compost level by 1.
					Ferns now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level by 1.
1.15		19w37a			Large ferns can now drop wheat seeds.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release					Added tall grass, but it is currently unobtainable.
0.5.0					Grass now drops seeds, despite remaining unobtainable.
0.8.0		?			Tall grass and ferns now generate.
0.9.0		build 1			Added tall grass and large ferns.
					Double tall grass and ferns now generate.
		build 5			Tall grass is now no longer flammable.
0.11.0		build 14			Double tallgrass and large fern pixels are now square.
					Tall grass and ferns now have a random height.
0.12.1		?			One-block high grass and ferns can now occupy the same space as snow layers.
0.14.0		build 3			Hitboxes of all variants of tall grass no longer occupy an entire block.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of grass, ferns, tall grass and large ferns have now been changed.
					Large ferns are now sold by the new wandering traders.
					Large ferns now generate in the new taiga and snowy taiga villages.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			All grass variants can now be used to fill composter.
					Grass and double tall grass can now be found in the savanna village house chests.
					Fern and large fern can now be found in the taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added grass, tall grass and ferns.
TU7					Added ferns to creative.
TU12					Placing a block while selecting grass now overwrites the grass, similar to snow. Previously, grass had to be broken to place blocks in that space.
		1.90			The textures of grass, ferns have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added grass.

Issues

Issues relating to "Grass", "Fern", "Double Tallgrass", or "Large Fern" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Grass cannot be directly set on fire from lightning. However, fire from nearby blocks can spread to it. Oddly enough, the top of grass can be lit but it does not burn this way. When any kind of grass is set on fire, the fire seems to hover just over the grass, as if it were a full block.
• Even though ferns do not produce seeds in real life, as they emit spores instead, they can drop seeds if broken.
• Grass is slightly offset from the block it is sitting on (as seen in the second screenshot). This causes fields of grass to appear more contiguous.
  • This can sometimes cause grass to clip horizontally or vertically through block corners.
• Grass can appear in caves on dirt near lava, and rarely, within a few blocks of bedrock. They can also occasionally generate on blocks other than grass, such as sand on beaches or in village buildings.
• Using bone meal on grass in a spawn-protected area on a server still produces grass and flowers.
• Placing any block on grass overwrites the grass, and the grass does not drop seeds.

Gallery

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  Grass and ferns.

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  Grass appears slightly offset from a grass block.

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  Grass and ferns in Bedrock Edition have a randomly selected height.

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  Grass growing in an mineshaft.

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  Tall grass that was set on fire using flint and steel.

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  Double tall grass may stump most hostile mobs, such as this creeper, however, mobs may be able to attack if they're right next to the player.

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  Grass that generated on sand.

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  Grass that generated inside a village house.

References

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